"I remember Richard broke a wooden box to use one of the pieces as a ruler and he was trying to figure out how to best create the image of the eagle…He noticed the detailed work of the eagle on the American dollar bill and the one on the Mexican flag and he wanted something similar but nothing was coming out right. So, he created a simple black one that was still powerful in its own right. I never thought it would still be around today in its true and original form."
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Poets from the United StatesPeople from CaliforniaArtists from the United StatesPeople from AlbuquerqueHispanic Americans
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On observing Richard Chavez creating the UFW flag (as quoted in “Pioneering Chicano artist José Montoya dies” in Vida en la Valle; 2013 Oct 3)
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